A large part of my job responsibility involves taking a user story, developing a technical specification for it, mentoring a junior developer with writing and testing the code against the technical ...

There is a department at my company called Business Intelligence (BI). They mostly build reports and configure SSRS, SSIS and related Microsoft technologies. Most of them barely understand SQL (even ...

I know this has been asked a lot, but I'd like to know what to present myself as on my CV and to future employees.
I'm 24, and began as a C#/ASP.NET developer after graduating from University in 2010 ...

I have been placed in a recent position where my job title does not adequately represent what my current duties entail. I am worried that this classification will affect me later in my career as the ...

I have been working on PHP and MySQL based web application for more than 5 years now. I started my career as an Intern, and worked my way up through Jr Developer and Software Developer to Sr. Software ...

I am from a country in which the use of the word "Engineer" or "Engineering" is strictly regulated by legislation. This means that you must hold a degree in Engineering AND passed an exam to join the ...

My company wants to start using Scrum, and in real scrum there is no place for a real team leader (manager).
What is the next step for the dev team leader? Should I be a (chief) system architect/tech ...

I'm a recent college grad starting my first software engineering job. I received an offer I like but the title is associate engineer. I'm used to seeing junior engineer. Is this pretty much the same ...

If you graduated as an Information Technology or a Computer Science student and you have a job that involves computer programming such as developing websites and systems, can you be called Software ...

I have been programming in .NET for the last 5 years. I have used design patterns a lot in our projects. I do have some domain knowledge in financial jargon. My ultimate goal is to become a technical ...

Programmers tend to talk about being a "code monkey" in a derogatory way. "Don't work there, you will just be a code monkey!".
I have two offers for jobs, one at a small company, one at a very large ...

I would like to find a job that combines Computer Science with Marketing, ideally in a position where you get to meet a lot of people and travel a fair bit. After having worked as a Front/Back Web App ...

I have seen a lot of people claiming themselves to be a "software consultant". These consultants do what a normal software developer does, write code, estimate tasks, fix bugs and attend meetings etc. ...

I've been trying to understand how my compensation stacks up against the competition. I understand that this can be a bit of a localized question, so I'll do my best to avoid local issues.
There are ...

I am in a dilemma about a job offer from a top 10 semiconductor companies in SF bay area. I have about 10 years of experience at various small to large (> $1 billion) companies in bay area. After my ...

There are people who just love using the word Technologist in and around me. Sometimes I feel that the way I use to think as an Engineer while solving problems is quite different then the so-called ...

What are the canonical responsibilities of such a specialized role?
Normally, I expected this to be part of the tasks of a normal developer, but in large companies I know this role is to be fulfilled ...